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The controversial rise of BA Basavaraj, BJP MLA arrested in realtor murder case

Thursday's arrest of the now 64-year-old Basavaraj by Karnataka Police CID in the 2025 murder of a Bengaluru realtor has reignited scrutiny of the Krishnarajapuram BJP MLA.

Citing precedent, Bastar IG says CPI (Maoist) unlikely to get new gen secy after Basavaraju

The IG's assertions, made in an interview with ThePrint, come 10 days after security forces killed Basavaraju & 26 other Maoists in a 3-day encounter in Abujmarh.

The likes of Basavaraju can be eliminated—but not an ideology. It’s the next front

During my deputation with the CRPF in 2010, I witnessed firsthand India’s prolonged conflict with Left-Wing Extremists under Operation Green Hunt. The tide has definitively turned now.

Maoism became irrelevant to India’s working class much before Basavaraju’s death

Adivasis supported Maoists sometimes for tactical gain or to avenge state violence, but had little interest in the project of making a revolution.

Our take on Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Asim Munir, Maoist leader Basavaraju, and more — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Success against Maoist leader Basavaraju was unthinkable a few years ago—here’s what changed

The operation in Chhattisgarh, hailed as the most successful anti-Naxal action in recent times, dealt a significant blow to the top Maoist leadership, striking at the very spine of the Naxalite movement.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.